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Earth Mission VISION: We want to see all people in remote Karen areas have access to high quality healthcare.

12/29/2025

Our staff perform lifesaving surgeries and treat ghastly war wounds all the time, but there's lots of ordinary life going on at RTC, too: from treating mild illnesses, to handling the logistics of a small hospital, to cooking, cleaning, and doing the laundry.

We were lucky to get to try this treat at a recent Christmas celebration with our Earth Mission Thai Foundation family.I...
12/28/2025

We were lucky to get to try this treat at a recent Christmas celebration with our Earth Mission Thai Foundation family.

It's a Thai dessert called khanom krok, a tasty coconut custard. It was absolutely delicious!

12/27/2025

A few weeks ago, a village mere miles from our hospital was bombed. As is so often the case in these bombings, it had no strategic significance. There was no good reason for Myanmar's military to attack this place.

Two girls — cousins, a 17-year-old and a 14-year-old — were blown clear out of the home they were in when the bombs hit. And thank God they were; if they'd been knocked unconscious inside the hut, they would have burned alive in the fire. We soon got the call that both girls were on their way to us for treatment.

The older cousin's wounds proved to be mostly superficial, but the younger was hurt badly. She went straight to the OR, where our surgeon performed damage-control surgery. Injuries to her intestines proved fixable, but her right o***y had to be removed. Two operations later, she was out of immediate danger. She's currently in recovery.

It's by God's grace and providence that we're able to help people like this girl, and every day, we pray for the violence in Myanmar to end.

Stronghold Rescue & Relief

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas and happy New Year from all of us at Earth Mission. The savior is born!

12/23/2025

Merry Christmas from our EM Thai Foundation family!

There's a strange dichotomy to living and working in a warzone. In a single day, you may share a picnic with friends and...
12/21/2025

There's a strange dichotomy to living and working in a warzone. In a single day, you may share a picnic with friends and treat a teen girl for shrapnel wounds in her abdomen. You may attend a baptism, or study for a big test, then take shelter in a ditch as bombers pass overhead. War intrudes, but it doesn't stop life from rolling on.

Rainy season is over, and Christmas is coming! Regardless of holidays, we'll be here, ready to treat wounds, heal illnes...
12/19/2025

Rainy season is over, and Christmas is coming! Regardless of holidays, we'll be here, ready to treat wounds, heal illnesses, and deliver babies.

12/17/2025

How do you get supplies to a jungle hospital? However you can. Sometimes, that means strapping them to motorcycles and arriving in the dead of night.

This is just one more example of why our E-Tech program is vital. It's not enough to have trained medical professionals; you need engineers to keep the lights on, equipment running, and supplies moving.

How on Earth do you keep a surgical field sterile near the front lines of a jungle war? We've been testing out a possibl...
12/15/2025

How on Earth do you keep a surgical field sterile near the front lines of a jungle war? We've been testing out a possible solution: the "SurgiBubble," a portable unit that inflates a clean bubble over the operative field.

The SurgiBubble has a high-grade HEPA filter, so the incoming air forms a clean positive-pressure area over the operative site. This emulates the environment of a standard hospital-based operating room.

SurgiBox was kind enough to give us 20 bubbles so that we can offer them feedback on this new product.

We're excited to put them to use!

12/12/2025

Ree Wah is a worker with Barnabas Aid’s project partner, a medical ministry that serves a Christian-majority region of Myanmar.

“The fighting is fierce,” says Ree Wah. “There is no safety.”

Because of the ongoing violence, the healthcare system has collapsed. Medicines and medical supplies are running dangerously low. Maternal deaths are 13 times higher than in the United States, and preventable child deaths are tragically common.

“Please pray that the fighting will end,” asks Ree Wah. “Pray that refugees will be able to return home and that there will be peace.”

For more information, including Barnabas Aid’s appeal on behalf of persecuted Christians in Myanmar, please click here: https://brnw.ch/21wYimE

On Dec. 10, Myanmar's army dropped two 500-pound bombs on Mrauk-U Hospital, killing nearly 30 people and injuring many m...
12/12/2025

On Dec. 10, Myanmar's army dropped two 500-pound bombs on Mrauk-U Hospital, killing nearly 30 people and injuring many more, according to the Yangon Times. Locals have begun rescue operations, but cautiously; they fully expect more bombs to fall.

This is our reality.

Please pray for all those injured in the bombings, as well as for the families of the dead and wounded. Pray for an end to the violence here, and for protection for RTC and all other hospitals.

12/11/2025

When it comes to leisure time, it doesn't matter that we're in a warzone; sports with friends is still one of our favorite ways to unwind.

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Health for the Hidden

The Karen are a people group concentrated along the Thai-Myanmar border. As peace in Myanmar struggles forward, many Karens still scratch out a living as farmers. In mountain and jungle areas, little is left over for education or healthcare.

Since 2015, Earth Mission Asia has been operating a five-year Physician Assistant training program that is specifically designed around problems commonly found in rural villages. We are also developing training programs needed to support healthcare teams in in the jungle (i.e. engineering technology and administration). Our strategies are especially focused on empowering students from these areas.